Naomi Wallace, OtterburnStop wasting tax payer money on private rail. Bring back public owned transportation.
Stewart Thompson, HolmfirthBring back British Rail into public ownership now.
Ben Cowell, West YorkshireWe need to remove greed and profit from one of our most important industries and bring them back under state control.
Jennifer Brazil, Great MissendenIt cost me £110 for an advance return train ticket from Yorkshire to Great Missenden but £120 for a return plane ticket to Berlin. Ridiculous.
Stuart Armstrong, HaslemereYes, get these corporate scumbags out of our lives.
Emma Anthony, OxfordMake the service a proper one for passengers and not just for shareholders. Also, please never call us customers.
Linda Macfarlane, WoodbridgeI’m fed up with disjointed rail services and prices.
Melbourne Chadwick, SheffieldRailways are for the people, not the Tory millionaire shareholders.
Neil Rhoden, StromnessPrivatisation has been a total disaster, taking the public for a ride in quite the wrong way.
John Sewell, HuntingdonFirst Capital Connect must be one of the few rail operators not to offer reduced advance fares. East Coast seems to give a better service – why? No profit motive?
Tim Siret, OxfordState-run East Coast Line. Enough said.
Natalie Morton, LeedsIt really should be a national service that is not for private profit.
David Roberts, StockportA properly-run rail network is essential to the economy of this country.
John Sheldon, LondonIt’s a no-brainer. Why allow the extraction of any level of profit when the system is essentially maintained through general taxation?
Phil Robinson, LancashireI’m sick of paying through the nose to be transported like cattle!
Warren Knight, St AlbansSee our web site lawfulrebellionstalbans.blogspot.co.uk.
Tony Galea, LondonWhy are we not able to emulate European railways?
Filipa Braganca, EalingThe taxpayer should not be subsidising private business, run for profit.
Gbenga Anisere, ReadingWhy take away people’s meal ticket when you can’t better their lives? Reduce rail fares and re-instate retrenched rail staff.
Carl Dodd, BirkenheadPrivatisation of the rail networks does not work – I travelled to and from London from Liverpool or Carlisle for a while. Profiteering on infrastructure is damaging.
Chris Lemin, LondonPrivate enterprise has been a disaster for the railways.
Lyndon Hughes, HorshamBritish Rail should never have been dismantled in the first place.
Victoria Glover-Ward, HertfordLet a company manage the railways not a convoluted claim system for delays.
Colin Tosh, East BoldonCheap railways are needed to get cars off the road. Rail use is too expensive at present.
Gary Gilmore, Glasgow25 years of disorder need to be addressed.
Pavel Bogatinov, LondonWelcome to SW Trains – your favourite overcrowded and delayed transport from Hell.
Peter Brewster, St NeotsHaving effectively stolen my share in this national company, the government sold it off to people with enough money to spare, so where is my share? We want it back.
David McIntosh, LiverpoolBritish Rail for Britain – for the people by the people.
Bryon Bache, CambridgeA brilliant idea – all strength to your arm. Our railways are a disaster.
Antoine Sud, WimbledonIt sounded like a good idea in theory 30 years ago, but politicians need to admit it has failed in practice.